Fallujah's Position on the May 1941 Movement (Documentary Study)

Emad  Khamis Hamza; Ali Hussein  Ali Saed

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Fallujah's Position on the May 1941 Movement (Documentary Study)

Authors:

Emad Khamis Hamza | Ali Hussein Ali Saed

Publisher:

KnE Social Sciences

Journal:

KnE Social Sciences Vol.4 Issue 8, pp.1-27

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001518330

pISSN:

2518-668X

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Abstract:

 The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 had a negative impact not only on the European continent, but also most of the countries of Asia and Africa. Iraq was affected because of its political and economic association with the British government, which was one of the parties involved in that war. The Iraqi and British governments had signed a treaty concerning their political, economic and military relationship on 30 June 1930. It came into force after the end of the mandate and the entry of Iraq League of Nations in 1932, but that the treaty was only a new framework for the continuation of the British occupation. The situation was exacerbated when the military became the helm of the government after the 1936 coup led by Bakr Sidqi, which caused much anxiety within the British government and the strained relations between it and the Iraqi government despite the British recognition of the coup government. These tensions became more evident when World War II broke out. At this point, the British government demanded that Iraq abide by the provisions of the 1930 Treaty by declaring war on Germany. However, the Iraqi government. In addition to the severing of diplomatic relations, the tension between the British and Iraqi governments were intensified by Italy’s entry into the war with Germany. Iraq refused to sever its diplomatic relations with Germany, but allowed the Italian government to open an embassy in Baghdad, which Britain considered an act of hostility. Military operations between the Iraqi and British armies continued throughout May 1941, known to the historical sources as ‘the movement of Mayes’ or ‘the revolt of Rashid Ali Kilani’ or ‘the Iraq war the British second’. The Dulaim brigade and nearby villages were involved in the greatest share of those clashes, which left material and human destruction on the people of the judiciary in particular, and the Dulaim brigade and Iraq in general. This ended with the occupation of Fallujah by British forces on the 19 th of May 1941. It is useful to consider the position of Falluja in the context of the military battles that took place between the Iraqi and British armies during this period.

Article Details

Fallujah's Position on the May 1941 Movement (Documentary Study)

Authors: Emad Khamis Hamza | Ali Hussein Ali Saed

Publisher: KnE Social Sciences

Journal: KnE Social Sciences Vol.4 Issue 8, pp.1-27

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001518330

pISSN: 2518-668X

Fallujah

Documentary

Movement

May

Position

Issues

Authors:

Emad Khamis Hamza | Ali Hussein Ali Saed

Publisher:

KnE Social Sciences

Journal:

KnE Social Sciences Vol.4 Issue 8, pp.1-27

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001518330

pISSN:

2518-668X